By default, whenever a word-processor document is saved, Dragon asks whether you want to save the recording; in the Options dialog, you can change that setting to always save, or never save. Recorded dictation files can get very large, so you should really only save them if correction is to take place at a later time – without the recorded dictation, you can still edit and format the document as usual.

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How do you speak Dragon?

This week, we shine the spotlight on Al Bartko, our customer of the week! After struggling with Parkinson’s disease for years and the tremors that are associated with it, Al discovered Dragon.

In his I Speak Dragon! story from this year’s contest, we hear how Dragon has “given him his life back” and even helped him become a mentor to others with disabilities in his community. To read more about his story, go here.

And don’t forget to share your story with us about how Dragon has impacted your life! Click here to enter.

Try to formulate sentences and commands before you start dictating them. This may be challenging at first, particularly for those who have been “thinking through their fingers” for years, but you’ll develop the habit once you see what a difference it makes.

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Dragon’s built-in voice commands are great, but you can be even more productive by creating your own custom commands. Just say, “add new command” and give your command memorable and unique name to get started. For detailed steps on how to create custom commands, see pgs. 78-80 in the workbook. (note: custom commands are only available in higher version of Dragon)

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Learn how you can enter, what you can win and how you could be our Facebook Fan Favorite winner by tuning in below!

Now that you’ve received the low-down on this year’s conference, start dictating your story or shooting your video and submit it here: http://ispeakdragon.nuance.com!

Use Dragon speech recognition to ‘write’ your Mom or Mother figure in your life a Happy Mother’s Day letter and tell her how much you appreciate her and all she has done for you.

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We all lead busy lives, and thankfully Dragon has ways to help us manage those different roles we take on every day. Say you love to keep in touch with your family over emails but in your spare time you enjoy cooking – your words could be a quite a bit different in these two scenarios. As a solution, the Dragon Professional, Medical, and Legal editions allow you to create multiple vocabularies and use them accordingly. (to learn more please see the workbook on pgs. 87-88)

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After an accident in 1968 left him a quadriplegic, Duane turned to Dragon NaturallySpeaking to help him communicate, reach his professional goals, and even meet the love of his life.

Years ago, Duane recalls that he still faced many challenges when trying to communicate because assistive technologies weren’t nearly as advanced as they are today; he even says he “charmed [his] way through college by asking young women to type [his] papers.” Becoming Director of the Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation opened his eyes to a new product, though – Dragon NaturallySpeaking. From the start he was impressed with the program’s level of accuracy, which he says has come a long ways since he first used it in 1997. Today, Duane uses Dragon on both his work and home computers to help him oversee 350 employees and a $50 million budget as Director of the Washington State Division of Disability Determination Services. He says, “I feel helpless without Dragon NaturallySpeaking. It has been a transformational force in my life and has helped make the success I once dreamed of a reality.”

To read more about Duane’s story, you can find the full case study here. (*note: this link will default to open a pdf file of the case study)